Surah An-Najm

وَالنَّجْمِ اِذَا هَوٰي ۝١ۙ

1By the star when it sets:

مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوٰي ۝٢ۚ

2your companion has neither gone astray, nor amiss.

وَمَا يَنْطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوٰي ۝٣ؕ

3Nor does he speak out of [his own] desire:

اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُّوْحٰي ۝٤ۙ

4it is just a revelation that is revealed [to him],

عَلَّمَهٗ شَدِيْدُ الْقُوٰي ۝٥ۙ

5taught him by one of great powers,

ذُوْ مِرَّةٍؕ فَاسْتَوٰي ۝٦ۙ

6possessed of sound judgement. He settled,

وَهُوَ بِالْاُفُقِ الْاَعْلٰي ۝٧ؕ

7while he was on the highest horizon.

ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلّٰي ۝٨ۙ

8Then he drew nearer and nearer

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ اَوْ اَدْنٰي ۝٩ۚ

9until he was within two bows’ length or even nearer,

فَاَوْحٰٓي اِلٰي عَبْدِهٖ مَا͏ٓ اَوْحٰي ۝١٠ؕ

10whereat He revealed to His servant whatever He revealed.

مَا كَذَبَ الْفُو͏ٔ͏َادُ مَا رَاٰي ۝١١

11The heart did not deny what it saw.

اَفَتُمٰرُوْنَهٗ عَلٰي مَا يَرٰي ۝١٢

12Will you then dispute with him about what he saw?!

وَلَقَدْ رَاٰهُ نَزْلَةً اُخْرٰي ۝١٣ۙ

13Certainly he saw it yet another time,

عِنْدَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهٰي ۝١٤

14by the Lote Tree of the Ultimate Boundary,

عِنْدَهَا جَنَّةُ الْمَاْوٰي ۝١٥ؕ

15near which is the Garden of the Abode,

اِذْ يَغْشَي السِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشٰي ۝١٦ۙ

16when there covered the Lote Tree what covered it.

مَا زَاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغٰي ۝١٧

17His gaze did not swerve, nor did it overstep the bounds.

لَقَدْ رَاٰي مِنْ اٰيٰتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرٰي ۝١٨

18Certainly he saw some of the greatest signs of his Lord.

اَفَرَءَيْتُمُ اللّٰتَ وَالْعُزّٰي ۝١٩ۙ

19Have you considered Lat and ‘Uzza?

وَمَنٰوةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الْاُخْرٰي ۝٢٠

20and Manat, the third one?

اَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الْاُنْثٰي ۝٢١

21Are you to have males and He females?

تِلْكَ اِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيْزٰي ۝٢٢

22That, then, will be an unfair division!

اِنْ هِيَ اِلَّا͏ٓ اَسْمَا࢜ءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوْهَا͏ٓ اَنْتُمْ وَاٰبَا࢜و͏ٔ͏ُكُمْ مَّا͏ٓ اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ بِهَا مِنْ سُلْطٰنٍؕ اِنْ يَّتَّبِعُوْنَ اِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَي الْاَنْفُسُۚ وَلَقَدْ جَا࢜ءَهُمْ مِّنْ رَّبِّهِمُ الْهُدٰي ۝٢٣ؕ

23These are but names, which you have coined—you and your fathers—for which Allah has not sent down any authority. They follow nothing but conjectures and the desires of the [lower] soul, while there has already come to them the guidance from their Lord.

اَمْ لِلْاِنْسَانِ مَا تَمَنّٰي ۝٢٤ؗۖ

24Shall man have whatever he yearns for?

فَلِلّٰهِ الْاٰخِرَةُ وَالْاُوْلٰي ۝٢٥ࣖ

25Yet to Allah belong this world and the Hereafter.

وَكَمْ مِّنْ مَّلَكٍ فِي السَّمٰوٰتِ لَا تُغْنِيْ شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا اِلَّا مِنْۢ بَعْدِ اَنْ يَّاْذَنَ اللّٰهُ لِمَنْ يَّشَا࢜ءُ وَيَرْضٰي ۝٢٦

26How many an angel there is in the heavens whose intercession is of not any avail, except after Allah permits whomever He wishes and approves of!

اِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ لَا يُو͏ٔ͏ْمِنُوْنَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّوْنَ الْمَلٰ࢜ىِٕكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ الْاُنْثٰي ۝٢٧

27Indeed those who do not believe in the Hereafter give female names to the angels.

وَمَا لَهُمْ بِهٖ مِنْ عِلْمٍؕ اِنْ يَّتَّبِعُوْنَ اِلَّا الظَّنَّۚ وَاِنَّ الظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِيْ مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَيْـًٔا ۝٢٨ۚ

28They do not have any knowledge of that. They follow nothing but conjectures, and conjecture is no substitute for the truth.

فَاَعْرِضْ عَنْ مَّنْ تَوَلّٰي࣢ۙ عَنْ ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ اِلَّا الْحَيٰوةَ الدُّنْيَا ۝٢٩ؕ

29So avoid those who turn away from Our remembrance and desire nothing but the life of the world.

ذٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُمْ مِّنَ الْعِلْمِؕ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِيْلِهٖۙ وَهُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اهْتَدٰي ۝٣٠

30That is the ultimate reach of their knowledge. Indeed your Lord knows best those who stray from His way, and He knows best those who are [rightly] guided.

وَلِلّٰهِ مَا فِي السَّمٰوٰتِ وَمَا فِي الْاَرْضِۙ لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذِيْنَ اَسَا࢜ءُوْا بِمَا عَمِلُوْا وَيَجْزِيَ الَّذِيْنَ اَحْسَنُوْا بِالْحُسْنٰي ۝٣١ۚ

31To Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, that He may requite those who do evil for what they have done, and reward those who do good with the best [of rewards].

اَلَّذِيْنَ يَجْتَنِبُوْنَ كَبٰ࢜ىِٕرَ الْاِثْمِ وَالْفَوَاحِشَ اِلَّا اللَّمَمَؕ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَاسِعُ الْمَغْفِرَةِؕ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ اِذْ اَنْشَاَكُمْ مِّنَ الْاَرْضِ وَاِذْ اَنْتُمْ اَجِنَّةٌ فِيْ بُطُوْنِ اُمَّهٰتِكُمْۚ فَلَا تُزَكُّوْٓا اَنْفُسَكُمْؕ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اتَّقٰي ۝٣٢ࣖ

32Those who avoid major sins and indecencies, apart from [minor and occasional] lapses. Indeed your Lord is expansive in [His] forgiveness. He knows you best since [the time] He produced you from the earth and since you were foetuses in the bellies of your mothers. So do not flaunt your piety: He knows best those who are Godwary.

اَفَرَءَيْتَ الَّذِيْ تَوَلّٰي ۝٣٣ۙ

33Did you see him who turned away,

وَاَعْطٰي قَلِيْلًا وَّاَكْدٰي ۝٣٤

34gave a little and held off?

اَعِنْدَهٗ عِلْمُ الْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرٰي ۝٣٥

35Does he have the knowledge of the Unseen so that he sees?

اَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّاْ بِمَا فِيْ صُحُفِ مُوْسٰي ۝٣٦ۙ

36Has he not been informed of what is in the scriptures of Moses,

وَاِبْرٰهِيْمَ الَّذِيْ وَفّٰٓي ۝٣٧ۙ

37and of Abraham, who fulfilled [his summons]:

اَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِّزْرَ اُخْرٰي ۝٣٨ۙ

38that no bearer shall bear another’s burden,

وَاَنْ لَّيْسَ لِلْاِنْسَانِ اِلَّا مَا سَعٰي ۝٣٩ۙ

39that nothing belongs to man except what he strives for,

وَاَنَّ سَعْيَهٗ سَوْفَ يُرٰي ۝٤٠ࣕ

40and that he will soon be shown his endeavour,

ثُمَّ يُجْزٰىهُ الْجَزَا࢜ءَ الْاَوْفٰي ۝٤١ۙ

41then he will be rewarded for it with the fullest reward;

وَاَنَّ اِلٰي رَبِّكَ الْمُنْتَهٰي ۝٤٢ۙ

42that the terminus is toward your Lord,

وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ اَضْحَكَ وَاَبْكٰي ۝٤٣ۙ

43that it is He who makes [men] laugh, and weep,

وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ اَمَاتَ وَاَحْيَا ۝٤٤ۙ

44that it is He who brings death and gives life,

وَاَنَّهٗ خَلَقَ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْاُنْثٰي ۝٤٥ۙ

45that it is He who created the mates, the male and the female,

مِنْ نُّطْفَةٍ اِذَا تُمْنٰي ۝٤٦ࣕ

46from a drop of [seminal] fluid when emitted;

وَاَنَّ عَلَيْهِ النَّشْاَةَ الْاُخْرٰي ۝٤٧ۙ

47that with Him lies the second genesis,

وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ اَغْنٰي وَاَقْنٰي ۝٤٨ۙ

48that it is He who enriches and grants possessions,

وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ رَبُّ الشِّعْرٰي ۝٤٩ۙ

49that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius;

وَاَنَّهٗٓ اَهْلَكَ عَادَا اࣙلْاُوْلٰي ۝٥٠ۙ

50that it is He who destroyed the former ‘Ad,

وَثَمُوْدَا۟ فَمَا͏ٓ اَبْقٰي ۝٥١ۙ

51and Thamud, sparing none [of them];

وَقَوْمَ نُوْحٍ مِّنْ قَبْلُؕ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا هُمْ اَظْلَمَ وَاَطْغٰي ۝٥٢ؕ

52and the people of Noah before that; indeed they were more unjust and rebellious;

وَالْمُو͏ٔ͏ْتَفِكَةَ اَهْوٰي ۝٥٣ۙ

53and He overthrew the town that was overturned,

فَغَشّٰىهَا مَا غَشّٰي ۝٥٤ۚ

54covering it with what covered it.

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَا࢜ءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارٰي ۝٥٥

55Then which of the bounties of your Lord will you dispute?

هٰذَا نَذِيْرٌ مِّنَ النُّذُرِ الْاُوْلٰي ۝٥٦

56This is a warner, [in the tradition] of the warners of old.

اَزِفَتِ الْاٰزِفَةُ ۝٥٧ۚ

57The Imminent [Hour] is near at hand.

لَيْسَ لَهَا مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ كَاشِفَةٌ ۝٥٨ؕ

58There is none who may unveil it besides Allah.

اَفَمِنْ هٰذَا الْحَدِيْثِ تَعْجَبُوْنَ ۝٥٩ۙ

59Will you then wonder at this discourse,

وَتَضْحَكُوْنَ وَلَا تَبْكُوْنَ ۝٦٠ۙ

60and laugh and not weep,

وَاَنْتُمْ سٰمِدُوْنَ ۝٦١

61while you remain heedless?!

فَاسْجُدُوْا لِلّٰهِ وَاعْبُدُوْا ۝٦٢ࣛࣖ

62So prostrate yourselves to Allah and worship Him!